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the floods
beside the pumping station that was alongside the bottom railway line,was a semi circular brick wall in the square reservoir,inside this semi circle was a barrel on a chain,if you pulled the chain so that the barrel was raised,the pumping station started to pump water through the large black pipes into the reservoir,it was easy to wedge a iece of wood under the chain so that the pumps pumped,and pumped,and pumped.i remember going to school past the manley hotel 1 day and the water had reached all the way to the bridge there